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Figure 3-1, Figure 3-2, Above ground storage tank – Gasboy 52 Pressure Regulator Valve User Manual

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MDE-4645A Model 52 Pressure Regulator Valve Installation/Parts Manual · April 2009

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Troubleshooting

Installation

Figure 3-1: Flow Chart Model 52 Pressure Regulator

Figure 3-2: Schematic Piping Diagram

VENT TO TOP OF

STORAGE TANK

OUTLET TO SUCTION PUMP

VALVE ACTUATOR

PISTON

POPPET ASSEMBLY

PILOT VALVE

NO VACUUM, VALVE
WILL NOT OPEN

VENT TO TOP OF
STORAGE TANK

NOTE: SUCTION PUMP MUST CREATE

1" OR MORE OF VACUUM TO

OPEN VALVE.

SAFETY SHEAR

SECTION.

DIAPHRAGM

PILOT VALVE

SPRING

MAIN VALVE

PISTON POPPET

ASSEMBLY

PILOT VALVE

NOTE: INLET FROM OVERHEAD

STORAGE TANK OR
BOOSTER SYSTEM.

STRAINER SCREEN MUST BE
CLEANED REGULARLY. USE SOLVENT
CLEANER AND SOFT BRUSH.
TO PREVENT CRUSHING SCREEN

FIRST INSERT STRAINER SCREEN INTO CAP
BEFORE REPLACING INTO VALVE BODY.

NOTE: REGULATOR HELD IN CLOSED POSITION

BY HEAD PRESSURE OF LIQUID IN OVERHEAD
STORAGE TANK.

CLOSED POSITION

THE PURPOSE OF THE MODEL 52 REGULATING VALVE IS TO
CONTROL THE FLOW OF PRODUCT THROUGH THE SUCTION ISLAND DISPENSER
WHEN INSTALLED WITH OVERHEAD STORAGE TANKS OR BOOSTER SYSTEMS.
OPERATION OF THE VALVE IS HYDRAULIC. THE PILOT VALVE

MUST BE OPEN BEFORE PRODUCT CAN FLOW THROUGH THE SUCTION ISLAND
DISPENSER.

LIQUID FLOW THROUGH STRAINER SCREEN

THE OPENING OF THE DISPENSING NOZZLE LEVER BY THE
OPERATOR OPENS THE PILOT VALVE AND UNBALANCES THE
PRESSURE IN THE TOP SIDE OF THE OPERATING PISTON
POPPET ASSEMBLY, WHICH IN TURN, OPENS THE MAIN VALVE
AND ALLOWS PRODUCT TO FLOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
THE MAIN VALVE OPENS ONLY ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE
AMOUNT OF PRODUCT REQUIRED BY THE DISPENSING NOZZLE
TO PASS THROUGH THE SUCTION ISLAND DISPENSER, THUS
PREVENTING THE AIR SEPARATOR FROM OVERFLOWING WHETHER
OR NOT THE SUCTION ISLAND DISPENSER IS IN OPERATION.

OPEN POSITION

THIS IS DUE TO THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE
CREATED ON THE OPERATING PISTON POPPET
ASSEMBLY BY THE NOZZLE. WHEN THE DISPENSING

NOZZLE IS CLOSED, THE PILOT VALVE WILL CLOSE AND

THE PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE OPERATING PISTON POPPET ASSEMBLY IS

EQUALIZED, WHICH ALLOWS THE MAIN VALVE TO

CLOSE AND STOP THE FLOW OF PRODUCT THROUGH
THE SYSTEM.

ABOVE

GROUND

STORAGE

TANK

FOR STORAGE TANK

CONSTRUCTION

DETAIL

SEE NFPA 30A

WIRE SO SOLENOID VALVE
IS OPEN ONLY WHEN PUMP
MOTOR IS RUNNING.

SHUT OFF VALVE REQUIRED BY

NFPA 30 PARA 2-2.7.1

SOLENOID VALVE REQUIRED BY

NFPA 30 PARA 2-1.7

NOTE:
FOR A SINGLE DISPENSER INCOPORATING MODEL NO. 52 PRESSURE
REGULATOR VALVE, ALL PIPING MUST BE 1-1/2" MIN. FOR 100' OR LESS
BETWEEN TANK & SUCTION PUMP. OVER 100" BUT UNDER 300' USE 2" PIPE.

FOR ONE TWIN SINGLE PRODUCT SUCTION PUMP, ALL PIPING MUST BE 2"
MIN. FOR 100' OR LESS BETWEEN TANK & PUMPS. OVER 100' BUT UNDER 300'
USE 2-1/2" PIPE.

WARNING

ALL VALVES IN THE PIPING TO THE TOKHEIM MODEL 52 PRESSURE
REGULATOR MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH THERMAL EXPANSION RELIEF
VALVES.

SUCTION PUMP

VALVE MUST BE SECURELY
ANCHORED TO A SUITABLE BRACE
IMBEDDED IN THE CONCRETE TO
HELP PREVENT DAMAGE AND

LEAKING FROM UNDERGOUND
PIPING IN THE EVENT OF AN
ACCIDENT.

SHEAR SECTION EVEN
WITH THE BOTTOM
OF PUMP BASE.

PIPE VENT TO TOP

OF STORAGE TANK.

LOCATION OF TOKHEIM MODEL
NO. 52 PRESSURE REGULATOR.

TOKHEIM MODEL 52 PRESSURE

REGULATOR MUST BE INSTALLED
AND LISTED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LATEST REQUIREMENTS

OF NFPA 70, NFPA 30 & NFPA 30A.

1-1/2" RISER